1926–27 AHA season

The 1926–27 AHA season was the inaugural season for the American Hockey Association. Five franchises who had played the previous year in the Central Hockey League were joined by a new sixth member, the Chicago Cardinals.

1926–27 AHA season
League	American Hockey Association
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	40*
Number of teams	6
Regular season
Season champions	Duluth Hornets
Top scorer	Cecil Browne (Winnipeg)
Postseason
Champions	Duluth Hornets
Runners-up	Minneapolis Millers

Schedule and playoffs

The teams were scheduled to play 40 games with 8 coming against each of their five opponents. The top three teams by points would qualify for the postseason with the regular season champion receiving a bye into the final round.

Detroit Greyhounds

Due to their expected home rink still being under construction at the start of the season, the Detroit Greyhounds forfeited their first four home games. In mid-December, with delays still plaguing the Greyhounds' rink, the team withdrew from the league. The league rearranged the schedule on the fly and ended up with a slight imbalance in games played by the end of the season, however, the difference in games did not affect the final standings.

Regular season

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Duluth Hornets	38	20	10	8	48	90	45
Minneapolis Millers	38	17	11	10	44	60	51
Winnipeg Maroons	38	19	14	5	43	83	77
St. Paul Saints	37	17	15	5	39	46	67
Chicago Cardinals / Americans	37	11	24	2	24	52	73
Detroit Greyhounds †	10	0	10	0	0	5	22

† Detroit played 6 games and forfeited 4 due to a lack of ice before withdrawing from the league.

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cecil Browne	Winnipeg Maroons	35	24	6	30	84
Herbie Lewis	Duluth Hornets	37	18	6	24	52
Cooney Weiland	Minneapolis Millers	36	21	2	23	30
Art Somers	Winnipeg Maroons	32	11	10	21	73
Bill Borland	Winnipeg Maroons	33	9	11	20	85
Mike Goodman	Duluth Hornets	38	15	4	19	6
Happy Lessard	Detroit / Chicago	32	12	6	18	21
Moose Jamieson	Duluth Hornets	38	10	7	17	124
Vic Desjardins	St. Paul Saints	34	13	4	17	30
Barney Stanley	Winnipeg Maroons	35	8	8	16	78
Ken Dunfield	Duluth Hornets	37	12	4	16	6
Leo Lafrance	Duluth Hornets	37	12	4	16	41

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Playoff

	Semifinals March 24–29									Championship April 2–6
										1	Duluth Hornets	3	1	1	-	-
	2	Minneapolis Millers	2	4	2	-	-			2	Minneapolis Millers	0	0	0	-	-
	3	Winnipeg Maroons	0	2	1	-	-